JOE PERRY’s Lead Single “Aye, Aye, Aye” Premieres with Rolling Stone – Song and ‘Sweetzerland Manifesto’ Pre-Order Available Today (12/8)

JOE PERRY–legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of Aerosmith–partnered withRollingStone.com yesterday (12/7) to premiere “Aye, Aye, Aye,”the lead single from his forthcoming solo album, SWEETZERLAND MANIFESTO due out January 19. The gritty rocker “Aye, Aye, Aye,” which features Robin Zander of Cheap Trick on vocals, can be streamed via Spotify here.

Set for release on his own Roman Records imprint (distributed worldwide by AMPED Distribution), SWEETZERLAND MANIFESTO–which is available for pre-order starting today via iTunes andAmazon–marks JOE‘s sixth solo album and is comprised of 10 new tracks. They were all written or co-written by JOE (many with the album’s guest vocalists), except for a cover of “Eve Of Destruction” with JOE on lead vocals and Johnny Depp on drums. The album features guest appearances from a long list of JOE’sfriends, colleagues and rock and roll icons. Highlights include “Aye, Aye, Aye,” which JOE co-wrote with the track’s vocalist Robin Zander,and three collaborations with David Johansen, who sings“I Wanna Roll,” “Haberdasher Blues,” and “I’m Going Crazy,” plus as many co-writes with Terry Reid whose lead vocals light up“I’ll Do Happiness,” (with Zak Starkey on drums), “Sick & Tired” and “Won’t Let Me Go.”

SWEETZERLAND MANIFESTO was recorded at Studio 1480 in Los Angeles and produced by JOE PERRY and Bruce Witkin, withJohnny Depp serving as executive producer and additional help from associate producer Jack Douglas who co-wrote and co-produced a number of tracks. It was engineered by Witkin andTony Perry. The album was mixed by Tony Perry with Ari Blitzserving as assistant mix engineer at After Master in Los Angeles. On the album, JOE also teams up with sons Tony and Roman on “Spanish Sushi,” which was produced and arranged by The Perry Boys with JOE on guitars and bass, Roman adding synthesizer programming and Tony handling drum programming.